From RFA Unplugged blog: Bingtuan 106, is in the middle of the long blue area to the south of the Tarim Basin on this map of the bingtuan. Otherwise known as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the bingtuan was set...
Read MoreThis powerful set of photos shows a typical Chinese factory which is part of the plants driving Chinese economic development. From Daqi.com:
Read MoreAfter being questioned and exposed by Internet users, Chinese photographer Liu Weiqiang admitted that he has published a fake photo about Tibetan antelopes, which won a national prize. These photos were used by Chinese...
Read MoreThe Economic Observer reports on the newly implemented Enterprise Income Tax Law, which imposes exorbitant taxes on non-profit groups: According to the Law, which took effect on January 1, 2008, non-profit organizations must pay...
Read MoreAbout 100,000 people in the southern China manufacturing base Foshan went without water for six hours this weekend after an oil slick contaminated its local river, threatening nearby cities as well. Terra Daily reports: Local...
Read MoreA real space race between China and U.S.? From AFP: China will launch a record number of spacecraft this year, state media reported Tuesday, amid a rise in tensions among world powers over the militarisation of space. China...
Read MoreChina should be aware of inflation, economist Jun Ma suggests. From Time The China Blog: Jun Ma of Deutsche Bank, one of the better China economists in Hong Kong, has just published his latest forecast, which includes inflation...
Read MoreScholars at the Central Party School have issued a “comprehensive political system reform plan” which warns that a failure to liberalize and ease political controls will lead to economic trouble and increased...
Read MoreXinhua and AP report on an explosion at an illegal iron mine that has killed 24. From Xinhua: The midday explosion happened on Sunday at the iron mine in Wu’an City, which is disguised to be a wild boar farm, and more than...
Read MoreThe Chinese government, via Xinhua, has confirmed the 18th fatality from bird flu, a 22-year-old man surnamed Li from Hunan. AFP reports: China’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said his specimens tested positive...
Read MoreThe National Basketball Association earns about $50 million per year from China. And that point is not lost on University of Memphis men’s basketball coach, John Calipari, who hopes to one day cash in on the Chinese basketball...
Read MoreFrom AP via International Herald Tribune: Chinese security forces raided an alleged terrorist hide-out in the far western region of Xinjiang, killing two men and arresting 15, state media reported Monday. Guns, homemade bombs,...
Read MorePolluted skies over Beijing As previously reported by CDT, China plans to cut automobile traffic in half, ban smoking, and close factories in an effort to make the air of Beijing safer for Olympic athletes. Atlantic Monthly...
Read MoreA photographer from Haining City in Zhejiang presents his works of the countryside areas in Zhejiang on fengniao.com. Most of the photos were taken during Labor Day, National Day and Spring Festival in 2006 and 2007. Through...
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